Email exchange with the International Fact-Checking Network, Aug. 25-Sept. 24, 2022

In August 2022 Zebra Fact Check sent an email to the International Fact-Checking Network and Poynter Institute president Neal Brown asking why the IFCN does not answer our inquiries (giving two examples). A long email exchange eventually ensued, which we document here with the exception of one email specified as off-the-record and our response to that email. We are not publishing our response solely to avoid providing hints about the off-the-record content.

We will later attempt to summarize the exchange and analyze its meaning.

I ZFC (Aug. 25, 2022)

II IFCN (Aug. 25, 2022)

III ZFC (Aug. 27, 2022)

IV ZFC (Sept. 2, 2022)

V IFCN (Sept. 2, 2022)

VI IFCN (Sept. 2, 2022)

VII ZFC (Sept. 3, 2022)

VIII ZFC (Sept. 12, 2022)

IX IFCN (Sept. 12, 2022)

X IFCN (Sept. 12. 2022)

XI ZFC (Sept. 14, 2022)

XII ZFC (Sept. 16, 2022)

XIII IFCN (Sept. 19, 2022)

XIV ZFC (Sept. 20, 2022)

XIV(a) IFCN (Sept 23, 2022)

XV IFCN (Sept. 23, 2022)

XVI (ZFC Sept. 24, 2022)

XVII IFCN (off-the-record)

XVIII (ZFC buffering off-the-record)

References to material from XVIII occur in the later messages, but we judge those are sufficiently understandable without partially publishing that document.

IXX IFCN (Sept. 24, 2022)

XX ZFC (Sept. 24, 2022)